Notice of study completion for Waterloo's stormwater management master plan
The Study
The City of Waterloo through Aquafor Beech Ltd. have completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Study for the City of Waterloo Stormwater Management (SWM) Master Plan
The SWM Master Plan updates the City’s 2005 Master Drainage Study, serves as a decision support tool as well as a methodology for the prioritization of works and is foundational to the establishment of City policies. The study area focused on all lands within the City of Waterloo municipal boundaries.
The Process
The Study followed the Master Planning Approach No 2 in accordance with Environmental Assessment Act as per the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MEA) document, October 2000, as amended in 2007 and 2011 and satisfies the requirements of Schedule A, A+ and B projects and identifies future Schedule C projects.
The Class EA process included public/external agency consultation, an evaluation of alternative solutions and alternative design concepts, an assessment of potential impacts associated with the proposed improvements and the development of measures to mitigate identified impacts. In keeping with the Class EA process, various alternatives were developed, evaluated and a preferred alternative(s) selected for six categories of stormwater management practices and program elements, including:
- Municipal pollution prevention, operations and maintenance (O&M) practices
- Market-based strategies for private property (source controls)
- Stormwater for the capital roads program (conveyance controls)
- Stormwater management facilities
- Watercourse and erosion restoration
- Urban flood management and stormwater infrastructure
The recently completed Project File Report and this notice is being placed in the public record for review. Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice, and receipt of necessary approvals, the City of Waterloo intends to proceed with the recommendations documented in the Class EA Project File using a phased implementation approach pending funding. View the project file report on our stormwater master plan page, or
Corporation of the City of Waterloo
Engineering Services
Waterloo City Centre, 100 Regina St. S, Waterloo, ON N2J 4A8 Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Interested persons should provide written comment to Jessica Kellerman, P.Eng., at the City of Waterloo within 30 calendar days from the date of this notice.
Jessica Kellerman, P.Eng.
Senior Project Engineer - Stormwater Engineering Services, Design & Construction Waterloo City Centre, 100 Regina St. S Waterloo, ON N2J 4A8
Phone: (519) 886-1550 x78243
Email: jessica.kellerman@waterloo.ca
If concerns arise regarding this project, which cannot be resolved in discussion with the City, a person or party may request that the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks make a Part II Order (appeal). A standardized form is to be used by anyone who believes that the environmental assessment process was incomplete, incorrect in that it failed to follow the required process. The required form can be found on the Forms Repository website (http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca/) by searching “Part II Order” or “012-2206E (the form ID number). Once completed, the form is then to be sent to both the Minister and Director of the Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch. Their addresses are:
Minister
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, 5th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2J3
Minister.mecp@ontario.ca
Director, Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Ave. West, 1st Floor
Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 MOECCpermissions@ontario.ca
All Part II order requests must be received by the Minister within 30 calendar days from the issue date of the Notice. A copy of the request must also be sent to the contact person at the City of Waterloo. If no request for further review is received by the Minister by February 23, 2020, this EA Study shall be considered final and used as the basis for the future projects, programs, and policy in the City of Waterloo.
This notice was first issued on January 23, 2020.